Following a call for tender, BCE has been selected by EVS to achieve the integration of their solutions in their headquarters and centre of innovation.

While a new global survey has revealed that the transition to IP broadcast infrastructure will take up to 10 years to complete for the majority of broadcasters, local film and media producers and distributors are already considering what the move to media over IP will mean for their infrastructures. The move to IP is arguably the biggest shift in recent film and broadcast history, making it a key focus at Mediatech Africa, set to be staged from 15 to 17 July at the TicketPro Dome at Northgate, Johannesburg.

Grass Valley, a Belden Brand, announced that Raycom Media is expanding its use of Grass Valley’s EDIUS multiformat nonlinear editing software for news editing across all 33 of its news-producing markets. A new multi-year support agreement combines support with the ability for Raycom to upgrade its existing licenses, as needed, to deploy productivity-enhancing software improvements.

West London based lighting and visuals rental company Colour Sound Experiment now holds the largest stock of Robe BMFL Spot moving lights in the UK with the purchase of 50 new fixtures, which have been delivered by Robe UK.

To better serve its growing clientele in Singapore, Myanmar and through the region professional video and audio systems integration firm Advanced Broadcast Solutions (ABS) – Asia Pte. Ltd. is adding staff and moving to new offices in Singapore. The Singapore office serves as regional headquarters for the firm.

Blackcam™ manufactures small remote-controlled camera systems. Blackcam's sizes allow the systems to blend in with almost any stage design at any height, upright or underslung. Tracks are customized according to our clients' special demands, the dollies are designed to carry various camera models. Already an established standard for German TV productions (The Voice, Echo, Bambi, Let's Dance...), Blackcam™ also serves international clients in the US, Brazil, China...

JVC Professional Video, a division of JVCKENWOOD USA Corporation, announces the availability of firmware upgrades for its ProHD streaming camcorders. Among other improvements, Version 4.0 for the GY-HM650 and Version 2.0 for GY-HM850 and GY-HM890 models feature adaptive bit rate technology for more reliable streaming, a high quality 12 Mbps mode, and support for Real Time Messaging Protocol (RTMP), which allows a direct connection to a number of content distribution networks (CDNs) for live streaming.

Rat Sound, a leading sound reinforcement specialist for the concert touring industry, integrated a Dante audio network from Audinate at this spring’s Coachella Valley Music and Arts Festival and consequent Stagecoach festival. Faced with the challenge of covering enormous areas of roughly 750 x 1200 feet, Rat Sound simplified the installation by installing a Dante network to ensure robust and reliable carriage of high-quality audio across 21 delay positions. In addition to reducing the labor installation costs, the Dante audio over IP solution provided exceptional performance at the renowned music festival.  The annual festival featured over 200 artists and attracts several hundred thousand fans to the desert climate of Indio, California over two subsequent weekends every April.

Custom Consoles has completed a suite of technical furniture for Southampton University. Working in partnership with Alton-based systems integrator Broadcast Networks, the project included a control suite and support facilities for each of two vehicles required to control flying drones and other forms of robotic device.

Riedel Communications today announced the appointment of Peter Robberechts to the role of sales manager for Belgium. In this position, Robberechts is responsible for managing and developing both new and existing sales channels; contributing to product, marketing, and project management strategy; and contributing to the ongoing optimization of the company's sales organization.

Sales and profitability across the broadcast and media (B&MT) sector continue to grow according to the latest IABM Industry Index released today. The positive findings are echoed in the separate IABM Benchmark report, which reinforces the results of the Index concerning profitability, and the updated Confidence Ratio, contained in the last Industry Trends Survey. 

Elected every two years, the Board is responsible for the overall operation of IABM. It sets, reviews and changes policies as necessary, and has overall financial control of the association.  Gilbert has over 25 years’ experience in the industry, has worldwide commercial responsibility in his current role, and acts as the interface between customers, and technical aspects of product development.

TV and Radio Company “Start” is a broadcaster of major sporting events in Russia, including football, volleyball, handball, basketball and many others. In order to improve the quality of sports production, TRC “Start” has upgraded its new ОB van with eight Grass Valley LDX Flex cameras and XCU base stations.

Performing all over Europe and the Middle East, Exclusive Strings is an all-female string quartet that plays a mixture of classical and contemporary music. With Yamaha’s new TF series consoles already shipping from dealers, a TF1 recently aided a very Exclusive performance.

Elation Professional is pleased to announce that The Production Warehouse  of Johannesburg is a new sales partner for the company in South Africa now stocking a full complement of Elation products.